Shoe or furrow-opener.



No. 772,146. PATENTED 001. 11(1904.

GI El SHOE 0R FURROW OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented October 11, 1904.

(JHARLES E. HOYER, OF KOMSTAD, SOUTH DAKOTA.

SHOE OR FURROW-OPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,146, dated October11, 1904.

Application filed Ju ie 21, H304. Serial No. 213,485. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. HOYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kornstad, county of Clay, and State of South Dakota, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shoes orFurrow-Openers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvementin corn-plantershoes, and has for its object to provide a device of this descriptionwhich will not become clogged with straw, manure, and the like, but willdivert the same to one side.

With these ends insview this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring totheaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of my improved shoe; Fig. 2, a frontelevation of the same.

My improved shoe or furrow opener is straight along the lower edge andis provided at its rearward portion with the usual planterfoot A.

B is the standard by which the shoe may be attached to the machine; andmy invention lies in the construction of the forward end of the shoe,the same being pointed and extending upward and backward upon anincline, as

represented at O. The inclined forward end extends upward a distanceabove the body'of the shoe, and that portion of the forward end abovethe body of the shoe is bent laterally to one side, as shown in Fig. 2,and lettered D, and the extreme upper end of the laterallybent portion Dlies about two and one-half inches to oneside of the standard B. Theobject of this formation is that as the shoe travels through the groundany straw or manure tending to clog the forward end of the shoe willride upward upon the incline C and be I carried to one side by thelaterally-bent porfront of the planter-foot, because it diverts to oneside. This shoe can also be made without the upper standard-brace, ifdesired. It can then be made shorter and only attached to theplanter-foot. The forward end of the shoe in that case would be just thesame, only it would be nearer the foot. It will thus be seen that withthis form of shoe it will not jump out of the ground. It will never clogin front of the upper brace or foot of the planter as otherfurrow-openers are liable to do, because whatever istaken up out of theground is dropped upon the ground two or three inches outside of theshoe.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction hereshown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from thespirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulisl. Ina shoe or furrow-opener, a body portion, a planter-foot at therear of the body portion, the forward end of the body portion beingpointed and formed upon an incline upward and rearward, the upper end ofthe inclinedportion extending above the body portion and being bentlaterally so that the upper point lies to one side of the planter-foot,as and for the purpose specified;

2. In a shoe or furrow-opener, a body portionstraight along its loweredge, a planterfoot formed at the rear of the body portion, an uprightstandard-brace extending upward from the body portion, the forward endof the body portion being pointed and inclined upward and rearward, anextension formed at the forward end of the body portion extending upwardand the forward surface of said extension forming a continuance of theincline, said extension also bent to one side, the upper point of saidextension lying a considerable distance to one side of the standardbraceand planter-shoe, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. HOYER.

Witnesses:

H. J. MEIDELL, M. H. MEIDELL.

